Use the geocoder without a map
Use the mapbox-gl-geocoder control to search for places using Mapbox Search API without an associated map view.
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Use the geocoder without a map</title><meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no"><link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.1.1/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet"><script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.1.1/mapbox-gl.js"></script><style>body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }</style></head><body><script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-geocoder/v4.5.1/mapbox-gl-geocoder.min.js"></script><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-geocoder/v4.5.1/mapbox-gl-geocoder.css" type="text/css"><!-- Promise polyfill script required to use Mapbox GL Geocoder in IE 11 --><script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/es6-promise@4/dist/es6-promise.min.js"></script><script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/es6-promise@4/dist/es6-promise.auto.min.js"></script><style>#geocoder {z-index: 1;width: 100%;text-align: center;top: 20px;}.mapboxgl-ctrl-geocoder {min-width: 100%;}</style><div id="geocoder"></div><script> // TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST // ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM // https://account.mapbox.com mapboxgl.accessToken = '<your access token here>';var geocoder = new MapboxGeocoder({accessToken: mapboxgl.accessToken,types: 'country,region,place,postcode,locality,neighborhood'}); geocoder.addTo('#geocoder');</script> </body></html>